Policy and Funding Guidelines for health services

The Policy and funding guidelines represent the system-wide terms and conditions for government-funded healthcare organisations.

It includes, but is not limited to:

• health services and hospitals
• community service organisations
• other funded organisations such as Ambulance Victoria.

The guidelines:

• are relevant to all funded organisations
• reflect the Department of Health's role as the system steward
• provide operational and service delivery policy changes, and outline contractual, statutory, and other duties and requirements
• underpin the department’s individual contracts with funded organisations (including, but not limited to, the Statement of Priorities)
• detail the budgetary landscape, including funding and pricing arrangements as well as funded activity and targets
• consist of the following two separate, although interconnected, publications.

Policy guide

The Policy guide provides detailed information on various operational and service delivery policy items.

This includes:

• the conditions within funded organisations operate
• obligations, standards and requirements to which funded organisations are expected to adhere.

Part 1: Operational and service delivery policy

Part 1 is not intended to be a complete, holistic guide to operational and service delivery policy in Victoria. Instead it provides health services with new policy changes for a range of delivered services.

Part 2: Obligations, standards and requirements

Outlines the standards and obligations to which funded organisations must adhere. This ensures the delivery of safe, high-quality services and responsible financial management. Download a copy of the policy below:

Funding rules

The Funding rules cover the budgetary and funding parameters which funded organisations are expected to work.

Part 1: Pricing arrangements

Details funding and pricing arrangements.

Part 2: Funding and activity levels

Provides funding and activity tables that detail the modelled budgets, as well as targets for a range of programs across the health system.
Download a copy of the funding rules below:

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